Archive By Section - Obituaries

Funeral services for Janet Joann Grimes Shull, 68, of Elgin will be held on Friday, September 16, 2011, at 1:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home Lugoff Elgin Chapel, with burial to follow in Sandhill Heights Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Lanny Brisendine will officiate. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall following the graveside service. Memorials may be made in her memory to Hospice of Kershaw County, 2001 W. DeKalb St. Camden, SC 29020.

Funeral service for Andrew Lemuel Carraway, I, 72, of Cassatt, will be held Friday at 3:00 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Jimmy Atkerson and the Rev. Homer Hinson will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff.

Funeral services for Lewis Elvyn Josey Sr., 95, will be held Sunday at 4:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff, with burial to follow in Lugoff First Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Greg Sweet and the Rev. David Robinson will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 2:30-4:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial may be made to Lugoff First Baptist Church, 106 Longtown Road, Lugoff, S.C. 29078.

Funeral services to celebrate the life of Annie Ruth "Rudy" Owens, 95, of Camden will be held Thursday September 15, 2011 at 4:00 PM at DeKalb Baptist Church,a family viewing will begin at 3:00 PM, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Keith Coates will officiate. Memorials may be made in Ms. Owens's memory to DeKalb Baptist Church, P. O. Box 2122, Camden SC 29020.

A celebration of life service for Mary Louise FitzGerald, 81, will be held Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. The Rev. David Stratford will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.

Mr. Elmer John Lapsley died Friday, September 9, 2011 at Agape' at Kathwood in Columbia, SC. He was born on March 25, 1915 in Glassport, PA, the son of Thomas Lapsley and Mildred Yohe Lapsley. He is survived by a daughter, Anne Jones and her husband, Steve, of Camden; grandchildren, Anne Porter Southworth and her husband, Jack, of Richmond VA, Spencer Jones and his wife, Julia, of Reston, VA; great-granddaughter, Anne Conway Southworth; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine, in 2005 and a brother, Roy V. Lapsley.

Mrs. Serina Albertha Hunter Bell, 83, of 4665 Ellerbe Mill Road, Rembert, entered into eternal rest on Monday, September 5, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Jr. and Albertha Mayrant Hunter.

Funeral service for Prophet William Drakeford, 78, of 1546 Kershaw Hwy. in Camden will be held Wednesday, September 7th, 3:00 P.M. at Parker Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Wake service was Tuesday, 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home with the McCaskill Lodge #308 performing their rites. Collins Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

John O. "Jackie" Magee, 70, of Camden, will be held Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel with burial to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Rev. Richard Cameron will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday, September 7, 2011 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. Memorials may be made in Jackie's memory to a charity of one's choice.

Funeral service for Dianne Bowers Napper, 53, of Camden, will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev Jimmy Atkerson will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. Memorials may be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church.